Sleeping bag and system, patent No. 7,438,078, invented by Peter Woodruff of West Jordan, Ronald Shawn Naccarato of West Jordan and Tony Reece of Farmington.

Device for use in placer mining operations and method, patent No. 7,438,188, invented by Wade Stolworthy of Alpine.

Flow force compensated sleeve valve, patent No. 7,438,277, invented by Stephen C. Jacobsen of Salt Lake City, Shane Olsen of Centerville and Michael Morrison of West Jordan, assigned to Raytheon Sarcos LLC of Salt Lake City.

Scooter and event forum seat, patent No. 7,438,302, invented by Steven L. Nichols of Heber.

Hub cap having an air valve for bearing cavity pressurization, patent No. 7,438,367, invented by M. Sid Allsop of Orem.

Safety shield for medical needles, patent No. 7,438,703, invented by Roy L. Barrus of Centerville, David L. Thorne of Kaysville, Charles V. Owen of Highland, Donald D. Solomon of Ogden, F. Mark Ferguson of Salt Lake City, Michael Thorne of Bountiful, Stephen Brown of Roy and Gale H. Thorne Jr. of Bountiful, assigned to Tyco Healthcare Group LP of Mansfield, Mass.

Distal protection device with local drug infusion by physician to maintain patency, patent No. 7,438,710, invented by Kent D. Anderson of Champlin, Minn., Jennifer L. Pavlovic of Afton, Minn., and Sivaprasad Sukavaneshvar of Salt Lake City.

System and method for force feedback, patent No. 7,438,724, invented by Harold H. Sears of Salt Lake City, Arthur D. Dyck of Draper, Edwin K. Iversen of Holladay, Steven R. Kunz of Salt Lake City, James R. Linder of West Jordan, Shawn L. Archer of Salt Lake City, Reed H. Grant and Ronald E. Madsen Jr. of Salt Lake City, assigned to Motion Control Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Hydrogen generator cartridge, patent No. 7,438,732, invented by James Kevin Shurtleff of Orem, Eric J. Ladd of West Jordan, Chris A. Brydon of Salt Lake City, John M. Patton of West Jordan and Howard Anderson of Cedar Fort, assigned to Trulite Inc. of Houston, Texas.

Assays for novel serotonin transporter (SERT) blockers, patent No. 7,439,039, invented by Randy D. Blakely of Brentwood, Tenn., Loren Keith Henry of Mount Juliet, Tenn., and Erika M. Adkins of Layton, assigned to Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tenn.

Population of Hoxb8 mutants and uses in identifying agents for treating repetitive behaviors, patent No. 7,439,415, invented by Joy M. Greer and Mario R. Capecchi of Salt Lake City.

Wind instrument having a modified tone-rich surface, patent No. 7,439,429, invented by James Wood and Tevis Laukat of Sandy and Randal Clark of Herriman.

Article of footwear incorporating a heel strap system, patent No. 7,439,837, invented by Steven C. McDonald of Heber, assigned to Nike Inc. of Beaverton, Ore.

Optimized decompression using annotated back buffer, patent No. 7,439,882, invented by Michael Meeks of Newmarket, U.K., assigned to Novell Inc. of Provo.

Method and apparatus for switching between multiple waveforms, patent No. 7,440,517, invented by Roland R. Henne of Provo, Brad T. Hansen and Osama Haddadin of Salt Lake City.

Modulated jitter attenuation filter, patent No. 7,440,533, invented by Jeffrey W. Spires of Salt Lake City, and Ravi Subrahmanyan of Windham, N.H., assigned to Applied Micro Circuits Corp. of San Diego, Calif.

Backpack with integrated speakers, patent No. 7,440,581, invented by David Wiener of Park City, assigned to Soundtube Entertainment Inc. of Park City.

Transaction card providing displayed information, patent No. 7,440,771, invented by Gary Purk of Salt Lake City, assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. of New York, N.Y.

Method and system for processing financial-instrument deposits physically remote from a financial institution, patent No. 7,440,924, invented by Danne L. Buchanan of Sandy and William Ronald Titus of Fruit Heights, assigned to NetDeposit Inc. of Salt Lake City.

System and method of associating objects in search results, patent No. 7,440,948, invented by Jon Eric Trowbridge of Chicago, Ill., and Nathaniel Dourif Friedman of Boston, Mass., assigned to Novell Inc. of Provo.

Method and apparatus for characterizing and estimating the parameters of histological and physiological biometric markers for authentication, patent No. 7,441,123, invented by J. Spencer Grant of Cedar City, Rick V. Murakami of North Ogden, Clark Hinton of Glendale, Ariz., and Matthew W. Pettit of Mountain Green, assigned to Ensign Holdings of Salt Lake City.

Associating Web site clicks with links on a Web page, patent No. 7,441,195, invented by Brett M. Error and Christopher Reid Error of Orem and Richard Zinn of Saratoga Springs, assigned to Omniture Inc. of Orem.

Electrically heated ice cream scoop, patent No. D578,840, invented by David L. Hansen and Leona L. Hansen of Salt Lake City.

Tool holder, patent No. D578,855, invented by David O. Meyers of Kaysville, and Leroy McCray of Chicago, Ill., assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH of Stuttgart, Germany.

Sprayer shroud, patent No. D578,887, invented by Steve L. Sweeton of Lake Winnebago, Mo., and David L. Dejong of Ogden, assigned to MeadWestVaco Calmar Inc. of Grandview, Mo.

Prosthesis, patent No. D579,115, invented by Eric W. Rubie of Salt Lake City and Justin R. Smith of West Jordan, assigned to Otto Bock Healthcare IP GmbH & Co. KG of Duderstadt, Germany.

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* EVERETT ROBINSON, who is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, compiles this list weekly for The Salt Lake Tribune. He can be reached at 801-649-5858.